Rjbbon-holder



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. A. STEVENS.

RIBBON HOLDER.

I No. 309,807.

Patented Dec. 23, 1884.

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AMOS STEVENS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RIBBON-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,807, dated December 23, 183%.

Application filed April 30, 1834.

(No model.) I

' ers; and it consists in certain improvements upon the ribbon-holder set forth in Letters Patentgranted to me on April 15, 1884., and numbered 296,887, which are fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, which form part thereof.

In my patent referred to, the holder proper had some short bends which were both difficult to make and weakened the article. No means were provided to cause the ribbon to roll upon the drum andbetween the protecting-paper equidistant from its edges, whereby its edges cannot become soiled, and the drumhead was sunken to provide free edges to the drum, upon which the spring-holder moved.

The object of this invention is to provide a ribbon-holder with a guide for the ribbon as well as its protecting-paper; further, to simplify the construction of the holder proper; and, finally, to raise the centers of the drumheads, whereby they are enabled to support the labels on a level with the outside of the drums to give my improved ribbon-holder as an entirety substantially the same appearance as those now in the market.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a roll of ribbon and its holder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 8 is asectional plan view of the same on line at x. of the holder proper, and Fig. 5 is a modified form of same.

A is the drum, and may be made of any suitable material, as pasteboard.

Q are the drum-heads, and are preferably stamped out of stiff paper or card-board, having the raised central portions, D, and the flanged peripheries E, which latter are adapted to fit over the free edges 13 of the drums, as shown, and glued therein, thus giving great strength and forming a smooth surface, upon which the holder H proper Works. In place of making theheads 0 out of paper or card Fig. 4 is a perspective view board, they may be made of light metal or stiffened cloth. The annular grooves F are thereby formed, in which the free ends of the holder H work, as shown in Fig. 2. The raised parts D of the drumheads O are on a level with the edges of the drums A, and la- .bels G are pasted thereon, as shown, completely hiding the annular groove F and lower part of holder H, yet allowing of its free movement.

piece, the raised portions may be made solid or otherwise produced, the particular conupon the paper strip Q and insures its lying in the middle of said protecting-paper strip,

which latter is also guided between the arms I, as shown in Fig. 1. I do not limit myself to any particular form or shape of guide on the bar J for the ribbon, as a straight bar might have simply two fingers K, as shown in Fig. 5, or extraguiding-loops might be secured thereto.

P is a tab secured to the barJ, whereby the holder may beheld or moved around the drum.

The arms I are continued around to form the spring-arms L, which are bent at right angles to form a bearing, M, then continued back a short distance and bent out again to form another bearing, 0. and M are pressed toward the bar J by the springing action of the bars I and L, and when the parts M N O are placed in the grooves F the bearings M and 0 press against the inner surface of the free edge B of the drum. Fig. 2.)

These bearings 0' (See This holder is free to slide upon the drum I loo by depressed heads stamped out of paper, pasteboard, or their equivalent, and having smooth flanges adapted to fit into said drum, the central parts of said heads being raised, so as to form annular grooves, in combination with a spring ribbon-holder having clamping parts adapted to run in said grooves and against said smooth flanges and hold said holder to said drum, substantially as set forth. 2. I11 a ribbon-holder, the drum provided with depressedheads having the central parts thereof raised, forming annular groves, in combination with labels secured to said raised parts, but not to the drum proper, and arranged to cover said annular grooves, and a spring-holder arranged to slide upon said drum, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A cylindrical drum having its ends closed with depressed heads stamped out of paper, pasteboard, or their equivalent, the central parts of said heads being raised, so as to form annular grooves, in combination with a spring ribbon-holder having clamping parts adapted to run in said grooves and hold said holder to said drum, the said holder having a guide to insure the ribbon being wound upon the drum equidistant from its edges, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The spring ribbon-holder consisting of a cross-bar, arms I and L, and parts M, N, and O, substantially as and for'the purpose specified.

5. v The spring ribbon-holder consisting of a cross-bar having a guide for the ribbon, arms I and L, and parts M, N, and O, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. The spring ribbon-holder consisting of a cross-bar, J, having bends K to guide the ribbon, arms I and L, and parts M, N, and O, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

AMOS STEVENS.

\Vitnesses:

R. M. HUNTER, FRANCIS S. BROWN. 

